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saying things like he's soft on iran he's a bad choice for the job chuck hagel unlike the vast majority of u.s. politicians who keep repeating the all options are on the table montra has allowed himself to say outright that attacking iran is a stupid idea is nomination is seen as a bold move on president obama's part. image wise for the president has hinted at possible changing foreign policy but many fear that charge could deliver that change. more than substance because there's only so much one person can do in washington speaking of the other person along with chuck hagel president obama nominated his counterterrorism adviser john brennan as the next director of the cia john brennan has been in charge of some of obama's most controversial policies including the targeted assassinations program one where the administration determines who will be marked for execution without any due process oversight or transparency is the man who's been in charge of president obama's kill list last year john brennan claimed that the u.s. drone program caused no civilian deaths in pakistan over the prio
saying things like he's soft on iran he's a bad choice for the job chuck hagel unlike the vast majority of u.s. politicians who keep repeating the all options are on the table montra has allowed himself to say outright that attacking iran is a stupid idea is nomination is seen as a bold move on president obama's part. image wise for the president has hinted at possible changing foreign policy but many fear that charge could deliver that change. more than substance because there's only so much...
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by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's his people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dared to question and dissent from washington orthodoxies on foreign policy one of them has to do with israel he's there to publicly point out that the u.s. and israel are separate countries and american interests should trump israeli interests when they conflict and that's a subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer yet a catered for direct negotiations with hamas he condemned the power of the pro israel lobby in washington here's one of his statements to that effect the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i have always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israe
by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's his people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dared to question and dissent from washington orthodoxies on foreign policy one of them...
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hagel for secretary of defense and john brennan for director of the central intelligence agency chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. former republican senator chuck hagel of nebraska is also a vietnam veteran with two purple hearts but his nomination is making some waves and he is expected to receive a barrage of harsh questions on several issues during his nomination process now back in two thousand and two despite voting in favor of allowing the united states to invade iraq then senator hagel listed several reasons why it was a bad idea even predicting many things that could go wrong many view that anti interventionist stance as unpatriotic even today but perhaps the biggest controversy stems from a position that he holds that can be summed up by something he said back in two thousand and six he said quote i'm a united states senator not an israeli senator he said i mean i support israel but my first interest is i take an oath of office to the constitution of the united states not to a president not to a party and not to israel if i go run for senate in israel i'll do
hagel for secretary of defense and john brennan for director of the central intelligence agency chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. former republican senator chuck hagel of nebraska is also a vietnam veteran with two purple hearts but his nomination is making some waves and he is expected to receive a barrage of harsh questions on several issues during his nomination process now back in two thousand and two despite voting in favor of allowing the united states to invade iraq then...
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hagel. a critical nomination i think that it would expose americans need to be talking about this first. but rather embarrassed by the how the. slash jewish lobby. how they have basically turned the charge of them into hate speech to use against anyone who disagrees with anything israel does and they really have created a. bad history of intimidation but what really concerns me is that some of their statements about the. disdain. semitic going to because he imposed. the jews from the loyal citizens it seems are totally false. it is totally false thank you for your call and your phone is breaking up and and beyond that i mean nick kristoff i believe it was in today's new york times lays this out you know if you. had a once referenced the jewish lobby when he meant the israel lobby it was a slip of the tongue but on top of that if you go to go to israel people talk about jewish lobbies all the time haha that's the major the second largest newspaper in and israel you can look at their website t
hagel. a critical nomination i think that it would expose americans need to be talking about this first. but rather embarrassed by the how the. slash jewish lobby. how they have basically turned the charge of them into hate speech to use against anyone who disagrees with anything israel does and they really have created a. bad history of intimidation but what really concerns me is that some of their statements about the. disdain. semitic going to because he imposed. the jews from the loyal...
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hagel for the top security jobs. down. bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its mid-term success while its future plans leave the public unimpressed. does the north korea lives as fire wall for the visit of head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up for foreign investment. and for a night of rioting in belfast the floods of the social and political divide northern ireland as police use none of the full force on loyalists angered by restrictions in displaying the union flag. at seven pm in the moscow and you're watching r t with me to bomb would say our top story this hour a pacifist accused of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an. very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dared to question and dissent from washington orthodoxy is on foreign policy one of them has to do with israel there to publicly point out that the u.s. and israel are separate countries and american interests should trump israeli
hagel for the top security jobs. down. bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its mid-term success while its future plans leave the public unimpressed. does the north korea lives as fire wall for the visit of head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up for foreign investment. and for a night of rioting in belfast the floods of the social and political divide northern ireland as police use none of the full force on...
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hagel for secretary of defense and john brennan for director of the central intelligence agency. now if you're wondering why we should care about john brennan check this out in two thousand eight hundred was pegged to be the director of the cia under obama however why spread protests against him took him out of the running so why were people protesting it well because he was a cia analyst under george w. bush and he was an enthusiastic supporter of bush's infamous policies extraordinary rendition and enhanced interrogation in other words brennan openly supported kidnapping and torture but then we didn't get the top spot at the cia brennan still got a seat at the high table and wield enormous influence over obama's counterterrorism policies as his chief counterterrorism adviser and we all know that the white house counterterrorism policy is going a little something like this shoot first ask questions later and answer to no one catchy phrase for which we should thank john brennan in fact he coaches obama every tear today on who to assassinate around the world is he's a number one a
hagel for secretary of defense and john brennan for director of the central intelligence agency. now if you're wondering why we should care about john brennan check this out in two thousand eight hundred was pegged to be the director of the cia under obama however why spread protests against him took him out of the running so why were people protesting it well because he was a cia analyst under george w. bush and he was an enthusiastic supporter of bush's infamous policies extraordinary...
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hagel two thousand and six jurors such heavy criticism over his views on the lobbies influence he said quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean united states senator i'm not an israeli senator now that hagel has been tapped for a spot as defense secretary the mainstream media has been very quick to pick up on those past criticisms but why has the questioning of this lobby become so taboo to talk about this unbreakable bond and what it all means for u.s. foreign policy i'm joined by mark radomsky publisher of middle east doc work so much for coming on mark thank you so obviously hate those comments blew up in the mainstream media not surprising at all first of all why is it so taboo to admit that this lobby has influence and secondly why is it so taboo to say that first and foremost if you're a public servant that your allegiance is for this country and that of israel. you know the idea that mentioning the israeli lobby the jewish lobby i've called it the israeli jewish lobby in print for a long time for those of us that have follow
hagel two thousand and six jurors such heavy criticism over his views on the lobbies influence he said quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean united states senator i'm not an israeli senator now that hagel has been tapped for a spot as defense secretary the mainstream media has been very quick to pick up on those past criticisms but why has the questioning of this lobby become so taboo to talk about this unbreakable bond and what it all...